Owler Competitors API returns the top competitors of a company with name, slug, website, logo, founded year, ownership, revenue, employee count, total funding, sectors, headquarters, proximity score and CEO with approval rating.
Owler shows 10 competitors to logged-out visitors, so the list holds at most 10 and there is no page parameter. total_competitors is the number Owler reports for the company. returned is the number in this response.
An unknown slug returns an error and is not billed.
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Parameters
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Runnable path
1 required parameter needed before sending a request.
string
Required
Owler company slug from the search results, the last part of the Owler company URL. Example: stripe.
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Response Schema
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Example response fields
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data
meta
success
{
"data": {
"slug": "stripe",
"returned": 1,
"competitors": [
{
"id": 12641255,
"ceo": {
"name": "Arik Shtilman",
"photo": null,
"title": "Co-Founder & CEO",
"twitter": null,
"linkedin": null,
"last_name": "Shtilman",
"first_name": "Arik",
"approval_rating": 64
},
"url": "https://www.owler.com/company/rapydlimited",
"logo": "https://image4.owler.com/logo/rapyd_owler.png",
"name": "Rapyd",
"slug": "rapydlimited",
"founded": 2016,
"revenue": 105000000,
"sectors": [
"Retail & Business Banking"
],
"website": "https://www.rapyd.net/",
"ownership": "Private",
"headquarters": {
"city": "London",
"state": "England",
"country": "GB"
},
"revenue_range": null,
"total_funding": 1280000000,
"employee_count": 850,
"employee_range": null,
"proximity_score": 100000
}
],
"total_competitors": 23
},
"meta": {
"billable": true,
"endpoint_family": "competitors"
},
"success": true
}Errors
Handle these documented responses before retrying or showing customer-facing failures.
Not Found
The company slug does not exist on Owler. This response is not billable.
{
"meta": {
"billable": false,
"retryable": false,
"endpoint_family": "competitors"
},
"error": {
"code": "NOT_FOUND",
"message": "The requested company was not found."
},
"success": false
}Validation Error
A required parameter or a value is invalid. This response is not billable.
{
"errors": {
"slug": [
"The slug field is required."
]
},
"message": "The request validation failed"
}Upstream Unavailable
Owler could not be reached or returned data in an unexpected format. Retry shortly. This response is not billable.
{
"meta": {
"billable": false,
"retryable": true,
"endpoint_family": "competitors"
},
"error": {
"code": "UPSTREAM_UNAVAILABLE",
"message": "Owler could not be reached. Please retry shortly."
},
"success": false
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